Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether MLB should implement an NHL-esque holiday transaction freeze, then (5:53) answer listener emails about Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and tampering, abandoning the Angels, what to do after visiting every MLB and MiLB ballpark, when the last-place finishers of 2023 will be 90-win true-talent teams, “prep” prospects, valuing a player with a knack for inspirational speeches, and applying a college-football-style playoff-selection process to MLB, followed by Stat Blasts (1:12:29) about Bobo Newsom and the most inveterate team-changers, a 13-year-old Ben’s all-time Yankees lineup, and whether the balanced schedule contributed to 2023’s MLB attendance boost.

Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to tweet about transaction freeze

Link to Harper/Trout tampering

Link to Major League Rules

Link to Ortiz tampering

Link to Judge/Machado tampering

Link to FG on legalizing tampering

Link to Harper/Stanton tweets

Link to EW Episode 1053

Link to EW on abandoning the A’s

Link to Negro Leagues parks

Link to EW Episode 419

Link to BaseRuns records

Link to You’re Wrong About pod

Link to Decoder Ring pod

Link to Heyward speech info

Link to Ohtani speech info

Link to CFB selection explainer

Link to Florida State snub explainer

Link to listener emails database

Link to EW Episode 1780

Link to Bobo SABR bio

Link to Bobo book bio

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to team-changing leaderboard

Link to 2009 study on turnover rates

Link to Ben on turnover rates

Link to Ben’s pottery plaque

Link to Yankees 1B WAR leaders

Link to Yankees 2B WAR leaders

Link to Yankees SS WAR leaders

Link to Yankees 3B WAR leaders

Link to Yankees C WAR leaders

Link to Yankees LF WAR leaders

Link to Yankees CF WAR leaders

Link to Yankees RF WAR leaders

Link to Yankees P WAR leaders

Link to Crosetti SABR bio

Link to Meusel SABR bio

Link to Mary Miner obit

Link to July attendance convo

Link to attendance data

Link to Chris Hanel tweets

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